Carver (film)

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Carver
Directed byFranklin Guerrero Jr.
Written byFranklin Guerrero Jr.
Produced byFranklin Guerrero Jr.
Eric Williford
Starring
  • Natasha Malinsky
  • Erik Fones
  • Matt Carmody
  • Neil Kubath
  • David G. Holland
  • Jonathan Rockett
  • Kristyn Green
CinematographyRyan Bedell
Edited byShochun Ampekennerali
Music byChristian Szczesniak
Distributed byAllumination Filmworks
Release date
  • March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Carver is a 2008 horror film directed by Franklin Guerrero Jr., and stars Matt Carmody, Neil Kubath, and Erik Fones. [1] It was filmed on location in and around Woodbridge, Virginia.

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Plot

A group of young campers take a detour through the mountain town of Halcyon Ridge, and stop at a bar where the owner asks them for help getting supplies from their storehouse in the woods. When they get there, they discover bizarre snuff films which, unbeknownst to them, are real. They soon become the targets of two homicidal brothers with an insatiable bloodlust. [2] [3] [4]

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